Derby Cultural Diversity Arts Network

NOTE: the Guidance Notes have been updated. PLEASE READ THEM BEFORE CONTACTING US.

Derby Cultural Diversity Arts Network is now offering small, one-off development grants of up to £500 for individuals, groups, and organisations in Derby.

DCDAN welcomes development ideas that have a primary focus on diversity in culture.

The Enabling Grant scheme and its funds have come about through the steering and
network group of DCDAN, which is affiliated to Derby City Council's Arts Forum.

What is an Enabling Grant?
An Enabling Grant is money that can be used for

* training costs for you or your group

* paying for personal or organisational research and development, or rehearsal time in a project where you or your group are the main practitioners

* covering the costs of an expert to help develop your project, practice or organisation

* funding a mentor to support you

* improving your marketing or publicity to make sure your event has maximum impact

* hire of a venue or community space where it is not possible to work with the venue

* reducing the costs of tickets for a local event to increase access.

* paying for the fees of emerging local artists in larger or mainstream venues or events.

Please take the time to read the guidance notes.

The form is easy to fill in and quick. It can't be used to pay artist fees, but it could help you in your practice generally, or improve your outreach working with culturally diverse groups.

For all enquiries, please send an e-mail to grant.apps@dcdan.org.uk.

But once again, please take the time to read the guidance notes.

NOTE: the rtf file is the editable version of the form and works in all word processing software.